Yeah, there's a hardcoded DOW for the USSR on Germany at London, but yes. Eventually, the USSR should declare war due to threat.
I just jope half the Red Army isn't on its way to cross the Himalayas and burst into India from the North. That would be bad.![]()
Haha I would actually like to see Germany somehow pull this off (sorry)
If you let them take London, the Soviets will march upon Berlin.
Or a handful of ports, that should work too. London would wreck his supplylines and resources, that would not be worth it.
Yeah, there's a hardcoded DOW for the USSR on Germany at London, but yes. Eventually, the USSR should declare war due to threat.
I went away for a bit and boy, did things change! Japan on the ropes, its carriers at the bottom of the ocean, but Germany in Glasgow! In real life, the Heer would be too busy fighting off angry drunk Scots to make any move, but since the game doesn't model that, it looks scary. I'm sure the Germans can't take the British Isles with the force they landed in Scotland, but it's troubling to think how much disruption they can cause while you rally a decent defense.
And then there's the lumbering 800-pound Red gorilla, the Soviets. So far, not much from them (thankfully stuck at the German border, it seems), but you just now there are masses of infantry waiting to burst across the border if given half the chance. At least you're smacking the Red Navy something silly.![]()
I just jope half the Red Army isn't on its way to cross the Himalayas and burst into India from the North. That would be bad.![]()
My thought as well. One army coming across could cause serious problems. I wouldn't expect it, normally, but the way this game has been playing out, one never knows.
Interesting turn of events, to say the least.
Here's hoping Churchill doesn't use this as an opportunity to seize power!
The UK basically fighting alone. Taking the war to the only enemy they can beat.........good job! and somewhat Historical.
I'm pretty confident you'll easily take the Home Islands off Japan, but does that give you enough VP to knock them out of the war given their gains in China?
It's not the Red Navy that he should be worrying about but milions of Soviets that are right now feeling cornered since all along their ridiculously large border they have currently or future enemies. And only thing more dangerous than a Soviet with his back against a wall is a mechanized Soviet. They are practically itching to burst over the borders and go on a Revolutionary Crusade.At least you're smacking the Red Navy something silly.
Knowing Soviets, that kind of dasdardly strategic surprise is kind of their thing, but it would be a logisticall nightmare without at least taking Afganistan first.I just jope half the Red Army isn't on its way to cross the Himalayas and burst into India from the North. That would be bad.![]()
Just came to think of it: Being at war with the Soviet Union prevents you from liberating Norway. If you do, it would be like gifting the Soviets airfields next to the North Sea. From Bergen/Stavanger the red airfoce can bomb the English channel or Scapa Flow, especially with 1942/43 techs.
Btw: What would happen if British, Russian and German aircraft clash in this game ? UK at war vs both and the Soviets at war with just the UK....Would there be "3 sides" in one battle?
Nope. The first two sides to get there first would do battle, then the other side would attack the victor, basically guaranteeing the third party a victory over the demoralized planes of the winner of the first battle.
Germany and UK battle over the skies of say, Paris. Soviet planes are in area.
UK wins battle, German planes shot down, Soviets them attack UK planes.
UK planes, already damaged due to battle with Germans, are made quick work of by Soviets.
I'd hope that the Germans won't have the shipping capacity to supply their Scottish forces for long. You should easily be able to sink any and all convoys they run into Glasgow in short order, and bombing the port down to the ground will hurt them too. In the short term, your priority will be to defend nearby ports to keep the invaders bottled up.
If you have the transport capacity, ship forces direct to Edinburgh and the other Scottish ports as that should be even quicker than SR-ing them and they don't suffer from combat delay either (which is silly, but there you go).
I'm pretty confident you'll easily take the Home Islands off Japan, but does that give you enough VP to knock them out of the war given their gains in China?
I'm pretty sure it does, since Japan's new gains in China have no Japanese cores on them, only Korea. I think the Home Islands are enough.
It's not the Red Navy that he should be worrying about but milions of Soviets that are right now feeling cornered since all along their ridiculously large border they have currently or future enemies. And only thing more dangerous than a Soviet with his back against a wall is a mechanized Soviet. They are practically itching to burst over the borders and go on a Revolutionary Crusade.
Knowing Soviets, that kind of dasdardly strategic surprise is kind of their thing, but it would be a logisticall nightmare without at least taking Afganistan first.
If the axis starts fighting the Soviets fully they should expirience problems since they will have to fight enemies all along their ridiculously long border.
Just came to think of it: Being at war with the Soviet Union prevents you from liberating Norway. If you do, it would be like gifting the Soviets airfields next to the North Sea. From Bergen/Stavanger the red airfoce can bomb the English channel or Scapa Flow, especially with 1942/43 techs.
Btw: What would happen if British, Russian and German aircraft clash in this game ? UK at war vs both and the Soviets at war with just the UK....Would there be "3 sides" in one battle?
Ooh, I've never seen that come up, myself. I'd love to know.
Nope. The first two sides to get there first would do battle, then the other side would attack the victor, basically guaranteeing the third party a victory over the demoralized planes of the winner of the first battle.
Germany and UK battle over the skies of say, Paris. Soviet planes are in area.
UK wins battle, German planes shot down, Soviets them attack UK planes.
UK planes, already damaged due to battle with Germans, are made quick work of by Soviets.
lmao all this theorycrafting. I'm glad he took option A.
OK. Guess that's the way they had to do it. So in theory the chain could be even longer. Let's create an even more bizarre example. Let's assume that Sweden declare war on the Soviet Union, but join neither the allies nor the axis:
The situation:
1:British and German aircraft start fighting in the skies above Copenhagen.
2:Before that air battle is decided, Swedish aircraft and, an hour later, Soviet aircraft also fly into Copenhagen.
Do we now have 2 separate air battles? Or do both the Swedish and Soviet planes wait for their turn?
If they need to wait for their turn: (let's assume Britain defeats Germany in the first battle).
Is Britain still "first in line". In that case they get to fight the Soviets (but the Soviets entered Copenhagen last, an hour after Sweden). Or is it Sweden's turn, and they start fighting the Soviet?
I think the Ai will crash the client, wondering how to keep the swedish and the russians in the air while the others dog it out, pondering if refilling plane fuel tanks in WW2 mid flight is historical, and if it has a code to deal with such a situation.
*head explodes along with client*
Maybe it ends up like a ranked fight with the British and Germans fighting each other and the Swedish and Soviets fighting in a separate battle. If the Soviets win, they then fight whoever wins the other battle.
Clearly someone needs to test out these theories. We need answers. Get to work, modders!![]()